Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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Audiobook10 hours
Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade
Written by Robert Sabbag
Narrated by Andrew Eiden
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Called "a triumphant piece of reporting," Snowblind recounts the exploits of former cocaine smuggler Zachary Swan, chronicling his elaborate scams and outstanding success in the early 1970s.
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Reviews for Snowblind
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5
1 rating1 review
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Zachary Swan is an Ivy League Smuggler. Yet this narrator has him sounding like a cross between Stallone and Batman. It ruins the story. Also, the narrator mispronounces words constantly and his reading cadence is jerky. The story is great if you can get past the read.